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Feature

Speaking up: how to raise concerns in the pharmacy workplace

In this episode of The PJ Pod, we talk about the importance of speaking up if you have a safety or wellbeing concern and how to go about it.…

Published: 22 January 2026

News

Finger-prick test for type 1 diabetes mellitus could roll out to all UK children

'Early surveillance for autoimmune diabetes’ study showed that the dried blood spot method used “was both feasible and acceptable”, researchers said.…

Published: 21 January 2026

News

NHS urges sector to take advantage of AI scribes

NHS England says ambient voice technologies could save clinicians two to three minutes for each patient by generating a transcript and clinical summary of consultations.…

Published: 16 January 2026

News

Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists recommends ‘ring-fencing’ diamorphine stock amid supply issues

Medicine supply alerts sent in December 2025 and January 2026 have requested that prescribers switch to morphine sulphate 10mg/1mL injections, where possible.…

Published: 15 January 2026

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Almost 500 advanced pharmacist practitioners now in general practice

Data published by NHS Digital show that the number of advanced pharmacist practitioners employed in general practice has risen consistently each year since November 2021.…

Published: 9 January 2026

Feature

‘Complex and largely uncharted’: the grey area of AI

AI tools are quietly slipping into routine everyday pharmacy practice — but they are also advancing faster than regulations can keep up. Pharmacists now face operating in a ‘grey area’, where professional judgement is their only guide.…

Published: 8 January 2026

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RPS joins call for better collaboration in contraceptive commissioning

The Advisory Group on Contraception has called for integrated care boards and local authorities to be mandated to collaboratively commission women's health and contraception services.…

Published: 7 January 2026

Opinion

From pain to wellbeing: why deprescribing might be the most powerful prescription of all

Pharmacist Shilpa Patel shares how staff at her GP practice worked to reduce high-dose opioid prescribing among patients who had taken the drugs for years.…

Published: 5 January 2026

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Health news round-up: winter pressures, weight-loss resolutions and well being for the new year and beyond

A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed and what we can expect going into 2026.…

Published: 2 January 2026

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Care leavers to get free prescriptions until age of 25 years

Care leavers will also be entitled to free dental and eye care services as part of a package of measures that the government says will help tackle inequalities faced by those who grew up in care.…

Published: 23 December 2025